Dog and Puppy Vaccine Charts

CORE DOG AND PUPPY VACCINE CHART

Core vaccines demonstrated in this Dog and Puppy Vaccine Chart are recommended for all dogs and puppies. They protect against diseases that are common, highly contagious, easily transmissible, have significant public health risk and/or have high rates of mortality.

NON-CORE DOG AND PUPPY VACCINE CHART

Non-core vaccines are given based on the risk factors of your dog’s lifestyle. These vaccines protect against diseases that are low in prevalence and/or are not easily transmissible but can still cause serious disease.

Dogs at higher risk such as dogs that go to dog parks, kennels, groomer, dog shows or anywhere else there are multiple dogs with unknown vaccine history.

LEPTOSPIROSIS

A bacteria causing unspecific signs (various strains of the bacteria that can cause infection)

Kidney and liver disease, can be fatal

Shed in the urine of infected animals and in contaminated water

Fever, anorexia, lethargy, vomiting, drinking and urinating a lot

MOST DOGS in this region of Ontario and dogs at risk such as dogs with exposure to wildlife or livestock, rural dogs, exposure to waterways.

LYME

A bacteria carried by the tick Ixodes (deer tick or black legged tick)

Acute arthritis

By the tick Ixodes when it feeds on your dog

Lameness, swollen joints, fever, lethargy, loss of appetite

Dogs that live or travel to endemic areas (such as Point Pelee, Rondeau Provincial Park, Turkey Point Provincial Park, Prince Edward Point, Long Point Provincial Park, Wainfleet bog region, Thousand Islands National Park or many parts of the USA).

Tick prevention is still the cornerstone for reducing the risk of tick-borne diseases